Montana Discussion Thread

[fra_ba]

Yeah! I meant 2022! About the 25, it was just a worst case assumption! If it's been worked longer, we may see the dlc sooner.

[flight50]

The blogs will always be the indicator for when something is close to release. Get into that 2-3 week window for consistent blogs for (x) dlc and that's the point in time when we can start looking for open betas for compatibility updates.

If that is what SCS is planning, US 89 and I-90 meet at Livingston. So we could get it, although it will probably just be a scenery town.

You have a good point and that very well could be the thing. But Livingston is scenic for sure in my book. It still gets absorbed by Bozeman. Best case is remote depots tagged to Bozeman to represent Livingston.

What's valid in Livingston?
1) That junction would be a must if we indeed get US-89 to I-90.
2) R-Y Timber would be sweet.
3) the truck stop
4) Montana Rail
5) Fisher Sand & Gravel

Bozeman itself seems more like the best place for retail and a few other goodies. But between Belgrade and Livingston, I'd push remote depots to both of those to make more or less a metro area. 7-9 depots for Bozeman would be ideal if they did remote stuff.

[Shiva]

What if there will be US-89. But not US-191/US-20 combo?
If both, then OK for me.

[rbsanford]

The 191 and 20 should be the top priority for that area, since together they form a crucial link between the Snake River Plain and Bozeman, and because Gallatin Canyon is very scenic. The 89 and 287 would be nice bonuses, but they shouldn't come at the expense of the 191.

[Tristman]

I would agree the US-191 is the preferred road in that area. The US-89 is a nice bonus, but not really necessary. The US-287 between I-90 and Yellowstone, I think is unlikely.

US-191 should connect what we have now as Yellowstone NP to the town of West Yellowstone (scenery town with maybe a remote depot from maybe Bozeman?) to Bozeman itself. The US-20 can connect from West Yellowstone to Idaho Falls so we don't have to drive through YNP to get to Bozeman.

The way the US-20 is currently cut off in-game in Idaho Falls looks like it could easily be continued towards Montana.

[Ironwu]

Thank you!

With Montana, this completes the Western U.S.

For me, this now allows me to drive all the routes I have lived and traveled the past 50 years.

Awesome!

[flight50]

Severing US-191 at this point doesn't make sense. It's the one legit road thru YS technically. Everything else is a bonus for sure. US-89 will come though. SCS shouldn't have mentioned it in the Wyoming blog. Now people will expect it. They don't want that back fire so US-89 will be there I'm 99.9% positive. .1% chance it won't though.

[howey]

@howey You know I'm with you on the cargo. I'm still hoping one new farm can kick it for California. That could go for the entire West which means Montana can get it, Bushnell and SunCrops. My hope is running out though as I don't think the devs want to add many new companies for the West. Perhaps even for the entire game. The US so far is not treated like regions.

I believe new companies and prefab layouts will be added to Texas & Montana. If they keep doing the copy & paste method people will start to complain & lose interest due to their lack of diversity to the game itself. Companies & prefab layouts as just as important diversity wise as industries & freight are themselves and I believe Texas will add new additions diversity wise just like Montana will when the time comes. Montana might be more vacant then Texas but really does still have alot to offer in certain industries still imo.

[Trucker Nik]

Yesterday I compared the size of Texas and Montana, I'm really glad that Texas was announced earlier and that it comes out sooner it's a really huge state, bigger than Iberia and maybe it will be bigger than HoR, Texas is probably double Montana

[fra_ba]

IMO us89 and 191 both will come. the connection between west Yellowstone and us89 in the park will be a bonus for those who buy all three WY, MT and ID dlcs.